Legal Opinion

People v. Cummings

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 8, 2001PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict convicting him of burglary in the second degree (Penal Law § 140.25 [2]). We conclude that, despite deficiencies in the performance of defense counsel, defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by less than meaningful representation (see, People v Hobot, 84 NY2d 1021, 1022). Defendant’s contentions with respect to evidence of a subsequent unrelated home robbery committed by several prosecution witnesses and comments made by the prosecutor on summation are not preserved for our review…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. HobotNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
  2. People v. LeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. People v. ThompsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. People v. WilliamsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003

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